In this episode, New York Times opinion columnist David French sits down with Pulitzer Prize winner Eliza Griswold of The New Yorker to discuss her brand new book, Circle of Hope: A Reckoning with Love, Power, and Justice in an American Church. These two journalists with firsthand familiarity and longstanding expertise in covering religion embark on a fascinating exploration of the book's coverage of Philadelphia's Circle of Hope, a little-known yet influential progressive evangelical movement, and how the sobering disintegration of that spiritual community mirrors broader dynamics at work in American Christianity.
Guests
Additional Reading
Circle of Hope: A Reckoning with Love, Power, and Justice in an American Church, by Eliza Griswold
"The Church Preached Love and Tolerance. Then Racial Politics Tore It Apart," by David French
"Losing a Beloved Community," by Eliza Griswold